Why composting works (but, like, emotionally)

Briefly reflecting on a "compost performance" I did and why, in the end, it actually kind of worked.

Can you actually compost silverware? What about trash bags?

Open this edition for some surprising answers to a few tricky questions.

[GUIDE] What tools do you need to compost?

Plus: a short reader survey (please don't delete this email because I said that).

[GUIDE] How to get started with vermicomposting

We all love a little worm(s) in our lives.

What you didn't know that you didn't know about waste management

And why you should know it

The bloody, urine-soaked, poop-filled history of compost

Or: a collection of compost mentions that I keep in an always-open Google Doc, accompanied by a request for memes.

Building a three-bin compost system, introducing: paid subscriptions!, and more

The Rot in Dwell Magazine, reader questions, compost art(!), other things

Thinking a different way about our waste

And why that means you should start composting, now.

Compost tea (it's not for drinking)

How you can stretch the yield of your compost even further, plus make your plants + soil happy.

How to compost, a guide for absolute beginners

As this newsletter grows in readership (thank you!), more and more people are asking me for the “101” of home composting. Here it is.

All your "dumb" reader questions, answered

Spoiler: None of you are actually dumb. Also, it's only some of your questions.